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Local educational agency (LEA)

A public board of education or other public authority legally constituted within a State for either administrative control or direction of, or to perform a service function for, public elementary or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision of a State, or for a combination of school districts or counties as are recognized in a State as an administrative agency for its public elementary or secondary schools.

Public elementary and secondary schools

Schools that provide education from kindergarten through 12th grade, funded and operated by the government, open to the general public.

Black history education

Educational activities specifically aimed at improving students' awareness and understanding of the history of people of African descent, especially in relation to U.S. history. This includes lessons on chattel slavery, Reconstruction, Jim Crow laws, the Civil Rights movement, and the history of racism and white supremacy.

Project based learning

A teaching method where students learn by actively working on meaningful, real-world projects, rather than just listening to lectures or reading textbooks.

Chattel slavery

A system of slavery where enslaved people are treated as personal property, or 'chattel,' that can be bought, sold, and inherited.

Reconstruction